Method and device for cleaning livestock dipping vat solution to be used in conjunction with a dipping vat
OwnerLane N. Kugler, H. Dale Kuglerinventors
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Abstract
A device for cleaning livestock dipping solution which includes means for pumping contaminated solution from a livestock dipping vat to a tank with settling compartments, the first of which has a deflector pan into which the entering solution is directed to prevent disturbance of settled materials and the last of which comprises a pair of removable screens for trapping animal hair and removing the hair while one screen remains in place. The solution is constantly cleaned and recycled through the vat resulting in the elimination of the need to manually clean the dipping vat. Cleanout pipes in each compartment, elevating means, gravity flow, and a security cover are also provided.
Claims4
A device for continuously cleaning livestock dipping vat solution, comprising:
- a dipping vat;
- a device having one or more means for dividing it into two or more settling compartments, the top of each said dividing means being horizontal and lower in elevation than the lowermost part of the walls of the tank and the preceding such dividing means;
- means for transferring contaminated solution from the dipping vat into the tank, including;
- an inlet pipe into the compartment formed by the highest dividing means;
- a flexible, removable hose connected between the dipping vat and the inlet pipes;
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- means for pumping said solution through said inlet pipe from the dipping vat into the tank, whereby the transferring means can be used to return solution from each compartment to the dipping vat when the device is not in its continuous mode;
- a gravity pipe connected between the tank and the dipping vat for returning a top-most portion of the solution from the compartment of the tank formed by the lowest dividing means to the dipping vat;
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- at least two operably removable screens for trapping animal hair dividing the compartment formed by the lowest dividing means into sections and extending above the uppermost level of the solution in said compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.